Johnny Appleseed Dramatic Play Idea

The story of Johnny Appleseed is so fun for younger children! Find a story at your local library. This one’s really cute:

Then, have your children pretend to be Johnny Appleseed! You can provide a pan for their heads, although it’s a little heavy. Or you can make one out of construction paper. Provide apple seeds for “planting,” apples of all colors for harvesting, and a basket for collecting apples in. It’d also be fun for you to be a villager wanting to buy some apples!

"I will spend eternity knowing (my children) as adults. But tonight, right here, right now, and for the next precious years, I have the rare privilege of knowing them as a child. What a gift to experience the children in our lives as children! For a brief moment during the journey of mortality, we get to watch them laugh, learn, experience, grow."
(Hilary Weeks)